Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got up slowly from the table , washed up the mug , and stood for some time absolutely still , staring . |
| 2 | So she got up slowly from the floor , the last few sobs still springing unbidden up her throat , and without looking round at the disordered room once more , she picked up her lamp and went down to her bedroom to change . |
| 3 | She got up stiffly from the table , with one last look at the scowling form of the man trying to work a way out of his hopeless situation , then walked slowly , limping a little , over the scratched glass floor of the room to the bright chill of the balcony . |
| 4 | The sooner she got back on to the track the better . |
| 5 | Agnes began to cry , quietly at first , then it mounted into sobs , then almost into hysteria and in it she gabbled out incoherently to the three gaping sisters what had transpired from the time she had taken the linen across to the house . |
| 6 | Yeah , well before sh he was born , she stopped doing them and er she phoned up out of the blue and so said to her , no they live at Bognor I think or something . |
| 7 | Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window . |
| 8 | She sagged back on to the ground again . |
| 9 | ‘ Has that any special significance ? ’ she asked bravely as she crumpled down on to the blanket and gazed up at him . |
| 10 | She sank down on to the sofa , breathing deeply to steady herself . |
| 11 | She sank down on to the bed and glanced at the writing pad that she 'd tossed there after a brief effort to write to Arnie . |
| 12 | Well she chunters on just for the sake of talking ! |
| 13 | She flopped down on to the padded driver 's seat , planning to catch up on her sleep . |
| 14 | She tensed up immediately at the prospect of seeing him again , but when she turned right round her heart flipped idiotically in her chest . |
| 15 | But by then she was so inwardly tense at the deception which through love and loyalty she had to perform that she barely noticed the grand buildings as she drove up out of the valley to where the town ended and a tarmacked road through woodland began . |
| 16 | As she drove back home through the traffic , memories of her father 's authoritarian presence , vigorously admonishing her for the sinfulness of some childlike request , filled her mind with pain and loathing . |
| 17 | But as the shaking continued she came up out of the bad dream , trembling and drenched once more with perspiration , her cheeks damp with tears . |
| 18 | She came along sedately in the middle of the night in complete confidence , the umbrella raised and perfect , with a look of absolute bliss on her face to show her mother what she had got for a present . |
| 19 | So Mary said she , she came back up to the , a little while ago she said she did n't get do something |
| 20 | She came back slowly towards the house . |
| 21 | She came back out onto the terrace a few minutes later . |
| 22 | She came out on to the porch , lifting the lamp higher . |
| 23 | When she came out on to the landing , her grandmother called to her . |
| 24 | Marginally more in control , she sauntered back through to the kitchen and handed him the brush , carefully keeping her own fingers clear of his . |
| 25 | as if she had just been in actual combat she dropped down on to the couch and sat gasping , drawing in long , shuddering breaths . |
| 26 | She climbed up on to the Magician 's shoe . |
| 27 | She climbed up on to the rickety driving platform , which had been made by tying a plank across the cab . |
| 28 | We kissed and she climbed out on to the track , clutching Willmouse to her neat breast . |
| 29 | She turned round slowly on the spot , critically examining the contours of the park 's three little hills ( like molehills , Clare told herself ) against the grey sky . |
| 30 | She turned back quickly into the house , closed and bolted the door and strode across to the telephone . |